In my opinion the fastest hot hatch, isn't in production yet. It will be...
The Volvo C30 Polestar! Looks fast and has the lump under the bonnet to back it up
best hot hatch ever = Megane RS250. good tuning potential, pretty cheap just now. superchips can take it over 300bhp with a remap costing £400. still pretty rare. its the one for me tbh.
The vxr corsa nurburgring has a very good reviews and can be bought for allot cheaper than the 22k it supposed to be. Could this car be a clio 200 beater?
6.5 seconds 0-60
143 mph
pretty impressive for a 1.6 turbo